Recent research demonstrates that a wide range of political attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors can be explained in part by genetic variation. However, these studies have not yet identified the mechanisms that generate such a relationship. Some scholars have speculated that psychological traits mediate the relationship between genes and political participation, but so far there have been no empir...

The author stresses that participation has an intrinsic value for the citizens. In addition, it is also important as a means of civic education, a process in which citizens learn civic values. A comparison of electoral participation in democratic polities shows great differences among them. The author argues that the level of voter turnout depends on a number of factors, such as the features of...

Th e emergence of social network sites as a part of everyday life has given rise to a number of debates on the democratic potential aff orded by these technologies. Th is paper addresses political participation facilitated through Facebook from a practice-oriented perspective and presents a case study of the political grassroots organisation, Fight For Th e Future. Initially, the paper provides...

people’s participation in legislation is the highest manifestation of people’s right to sovereignty and determing of destiny of them political and social life.nowadays this kind of participation mainly is applied by legislative branch in the light of indirect democracy and entrusting this right to members of parliament and in according to principle of separation of powers. after all, exceptionl...

This comparative study of young adults in an established democracy (America) and transitional democracy (Hong Kong) analyzed the impact of political efficacy on the relationship between Internet/Facebook use on political and civic participation. Regression analyses in both samples showed that Facebook use consistently predicted both types of participation. Moreover, there were significant negat...

The relationship between the use of social media and political participation has been explored and discoursed by various researchers. Current study observes this relationship in the context of Pakistan. The research intends to explore the use of Facebook among Pakistani students and its subsequent association with their political participation. For this purpose, a survey (N= 416) has been condu...

Research into political engagement is currently divided into two literatures: research on “conventional” and “unconventional” participation (Milbrath, 1965; McFarland and Thomas, 1996; Goldstone, 2003; Heaney and Rohas, 2006). Downward trends in “conventional” political engagement have been attributed to staff-run advocacy organizations that encourage members to contribute money but not engage ...

assessment of women's status entails calculating various indices from different fields including scientific, economic, social and political. calculating these factors and comparing them with that of male indicates a country's development and progress level thus determines their position in the world ranking as compared to other countries. although assessment of women's status in ...

fortcoming. Multikulturelle Demokratien im Vergleich. Opladen. 2 Department of Political Science, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Oude Zijds Achterburgwal 237. Email: [email protected] 3 We would like to thank the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and the Social Sciences (NIAS) that gave us a chance to finish this paper as part of a joint research plan that will hopefully...